Cheapest petrol chainsaw & hedge trimmer

MrsE_2

Our garden is 115 foot long & quite unmanicured, so needs a good trimming.

The best prices I have found for petrol tools is Argos, £80 each.

We want to spend as little as possible as we want to fence it bit by bit (as we can afford to get it done, fencing is very expensive).

So does anyone know any cheaper prices?

Many thanks

MrsE_2

I got a petrol chainsaw in screwfix, reduced to £100 from £120.

Hubby loves it.

alanobrien

B&Q have some petrol chainsaws on sale for £60 at the moment.
Not sure if its nationwide but there were at least half a dozen on the shelf in the Slough store yesteday.

tomterm8

If you are going to go for a petrol chainsaw, you absolutly MUST go on a course on how to use it safely.

I know it's terribly un-money saving, but we generally hire in a gardener type if a chainsaw is needed. seen too many of my friends in hospital, after a two minute lapse of concentration. even the cheap chainsaws can cut through your leg, with ease.

fwor

Absolutely agree with TT8 about getting training, and also make sure you get full protective gear - ears, eyes, legs and feet.

I've used one occasionally in the last couple of years and in that time have had two very close shaves - one of which was a fall out of a tree with a running chainsaw in hand, caused by a large but (invisibly) rotten trunk breaking under me. Only a harness and multiple points of protection stopped me hitting the ground hard.

Also, bear in mind that cheap tools often aren't well made, with plastic used where better ones use metal, and with cheaper chains which aren't as well hardened and so go blunt quicker.

sue_cushway

Try ebay or amazon.